COMPETITION: #Win It’s All About Mimi Book by Denise Dorrance

I love being a mum and I wouldn’t change it for the world, but I must confess it has changed my life completely.

Some of us are happy to adapt our lives to our child’s needs, others not so much. Meet Mimi, from It’s All About Mimi, a new handbag-size book of over 100 cartoons by Denise Dorrance.

It’s All About Mimi Book by Denise Dorrance

It’s All About Mimi tells the story of a modern woman trying to balance life as a stylish shopaholic and a mother – considering her desire for minimalism and all things chic, it doesn’t come naturally, leading to wonderfully funny scenarios. The beginning of the book shows Mimi pregnant and how she fits the final trimester and birth in to her hectic modernista life…all with tongue firmly in cheek!

It’s All About Mimi is the must have accessory for anyone who loves fashion, art or wants a how-to guide for life from Mimi’s stylish perspective. Joyfully loveable despite her ‘Me Me’ attitude, Mimi is this year’s hottest addition to any handbag.

It’s All About Mimi Book by Denise Dorrance

The book of hilarious illustrations lives up to its name – it really is all about Mimi. Mimi is a delightfully sharp and witty fashionista whose greatest fear is losing her sunglasses whilst her favourite shop is Bond Street – not just one store but all of it! Mimi does what she wants when she wants and does not let having a baby get in the way.

I really enjoyed reading It’s All About Mimi, the whole book is very entertaining and funny, I really like Mimi’s explanation to her minimal kitchen, her minimal cooking. I always wondered how people managed to have impeccable kitchen, now I know they don’t actually use their kitchens!

It’s All About Mimi Book by Denise Dorrance

I identified myself with Mimi when she was teaching her child to read by saying ‘A for Azzedine Alaia, B for Balenciaga, C for Coco Chanel’. When little man was learning to read, I would have a mental block and struggle to come up with simple words, so I would end up teaching him either long words or brands – joys of being a modern mummy, I would say!

Another page that made me laugh is when the baby can’t find his toys and Mimi’s response is: ‘What do you mean you can’t find your toys? Look, A is for Absolutely Too Noisy’, B for ‘Broken’ and so on…!’ I never thought of organising little man’s toys in an A-Z cupboard, but I’m now searching online for one!

It’s All About Mimi, available in Posh Paperback at RRP £11.95 (£8.36 on Amazon), is 160 pages long and handbag sized. It can be read from beginning to end in under an hour, or you can simply have a lucky dip and read random pages whenever you want to put a smile on your face.

For your chance to win a copy of the book It’s All About Mimi by Denise Dorrance, please fill in the Rafflecopter below. You MUST leave a comment and subscribe by email (compulsory entries), you can also gain extra entries by tweeting (daily entry), subscribing to other social media channels, etc.

T&C’s: The winners will be picked by Rafflecopter after the closing date on Monday 17th February 2014. Lilinha Angel’s World will contact the winners by email or Twitter within 7 days wherever possible and will allow 7 days for a reply. Open to over 18′s and UK only. If I do not hear anything within this time period I reserve the right to redraw a winner. Lilinha Angel’s World decision is final.

my daughter who has just turned 2 feels the need to shout “bottom” really loud every time she sees one of the minions from despicable me, quite embarrassing when out shopping and she spots a toy or dvd case

As a 3 year old child I remember crossing the road with my Mum and she said she’d dropped a clanger, she had a real fight with me to get me off the road because I wanted to find the clanger and stop it getting run over!

A few weeks after I gave birth to my daughter, my son (aged 4) asked when the baby was coming out of my tummy. I told him she is here in my arms now. He said, “well why is your belly still fat?” lol, Kids’ honesty – got to love it!

when my 3 kids were younger once walked them to school in odd shoes, didn’t notice till I was in school yard, both same style but was wearing one navy and one black and the had to walk all way home now knowing was wearing odd shoes and it was about half a mile

Standing in line at the fish ‘n’ chip shop a very large lady stood behind us and in the loudest voice my daughter states how pleased she is to be in front of this large lady as she’s hungry and the lady’s probably come back for more – I held my breath as I waited for this lady to hurl me through the wall!! Never went back after that:(

I was standing in the supermarket with my son and he shouted mammy I think that man pumped because when he stood there I could smell it and now hes gone and so has that smell…. O.M.G! I turned a lovely shade of red and just wanted the ground to swallow me up because I know the man heard him as he turned around and looked at us talk about embarrassment at its ultimate highest.

I was chatting to a friend at a party and noticed my 3 year old out the corner of my eye taking little bites out of the food at the buffet and putting them back then onto the next dish. I had to casually finish the conversation and dash over to remove all the half eaten food!

My friend from work has a toddler daughter who is always getting into mishaps, and recently she’s been trying to dress herself. Not sure that a flamenco dress and a bike helmet are the best look though.

when my daughter was toilet training, we were at a party she went to the toilet on her own she came out and shouted at me i have done a big poo, i can not flush the toilet as i couldn’t reach the chain, i wanted to ground to swallow me up

my son thinks the window cleaner is daddy, everytime he comes he shouts theres daddy! my partner wasnt impressed to start with and I always feel like i have to explain myself if anyone else hears. And no, I am not having an affair with the window cleaner!

Kathy Cakebread (above) says ‘Walking to school with yesterdays clothes on and realising your underwear is still in the trouser leg. Cringe’ I went one better when I was walking back from school and recognised my beautiful red silk panties were hanging off a tree. Luckily it was a sideshoot, so I looked the other way as I swept them off and into my pocket praying that no-one had seen me do it.

My little girl who is 2 has trouble saying the word ‘fork’ and instead says a word that sounds like fork, but is actually a swear word! This isn’t normally a problem, as she usually only says it at meal times at home, and every time she says it, we always try to correct her with the correct pronounciation. But, a couple of weeks ago we were at a very formal wedding, the main course had just been served and the room was relatively quiet, when all of a sudden, our little girl shouts out, Daddy, I can’t find my f**k! Oh my goodness, everyone turned to stare at us, and we just wanted the ground to swallow us up!

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Brazilian mum bringing up a school-aged boy in London. Our UK Food, Parenting & Lifestyle Blog shares our family adventures, stories and reviews, from family days out and restaurants, to travel and hotels, children’s toys, gadgets, fashion and beauty!